god of war · kratos · atreus · father son · norse mythology · leviathan axe · stoic · redemption · action adventure · video game
Silence swallows the woods as the deer crumples. From the shadow of the pines, Kratos emerges, solid as a carved stone, the edge of his axe catching a sliver of grey light. Atreus fits an arrow, his young eyes narrowed with a hunter's wariness. The cold air thickens, charged, until the Spartan's voice tears through it, demanding to know what stranger has trespassed on their hunt.